Jacob G. Tews

Skills

Migrated over 30 applications and websites from bare metal hosting to AWS, dropping costs by two-thirds
Developed AWS cloud formation stacks with CDK to manage infrastructure configuration and changes
Consolidated internal intranet applications into a single CRM with enhanced capabilities to track, manage, and automate business processes
Wrote and maintained 35 WordPress plugins to add features or integrate third-party APIs
Automated frequent tasks with custom tools written in Bash, Go, or Python to handle website deployment, analysis, or testing
Maintained development environments matching production environments with custom Docker containers
Utilized API endpoints from event management and email marketing services to provide marketing performance analysis
Transitioned code bases from FTP to Subversion to Git with compliance checking hooks and GitHub Workflows

Developed websites for organizations including Dollar Tree, Neptune Festival, and approximately 150 others
Updated internal website framework from PHP 4 to utilize enhancements introduced in PHP 5
Implemented frontend designs with the latest HTML and CSS features
Optimized existing code bases to increase efficiency and lower server load; over 80 points in some cases
Configured and maintained a load balanced Apache environment with custom scripts and node synchronization
Wrote software in Java to control a robotic CD burner and printer for the US Navy’s Second Fleet, enabling them to securely move files out of their office
Converted file management of all websites from FTP to Subversion, eliminating accidental file overwrites and giving history and accountability to developers

Refactored school division website from Dreamweaver templates to ASP-powered includes for headers, footers, and repeated elements
Consolidated HTML-based styling into CSS for added consistency and lower page weight
Integrated XML documents with XSLT stylesheets to display, sort, and filter school details and information about their employees
Added e-commerce sections to the division website, backed by PayPal
Created interactive maps and animations with Flash and ActionScript